Mantra 3

Sukta 35

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यो दाधार पृथिवीं विश्वभोजसं यो अन्तरिक्षमापृणाद् रसेन । यो अस्तभ्नाद् दिवमूर्ध्वो महिम्ना तेनौदनेनाति तराणि मृत्युम्

IAST Transliteration

yó dādhā́ra pṛthivī́ṃ viśvábhojasaṃ yó antárikṣam āpṛṇā́d rásena | yó astábhṇād dívaṃ ūrdhvó mahimnā́ ténaudanénāti tarāṇi mṛtyúm

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He who upheld the Earth, all-nourishing; who filled the Mid-air with sap; who propped aloft the Heaven by his greatness—with that same odana may I pass beyond Death.

Word by Word

यःwho (he)

दाधारhas upheld / supported

पृथिवीम्the earth

विश्वभोजसम्all-nourishing / providing for all

यःwho

अन्तरिक्षम्the midspace / atmosphere

आपृणात्filled

रसेनwith sap / essence

यःwho

अस्तभ्नात्propped up / fixed

दिवम्the heaven / sky

ऊर्ध्वःlofty / on high

महिम्नाby (his) greatness / might

तेनby him / by that

ओदनेनwith the cooked rice / oblation-food

अतिover, beyond

तराणिmay I cross

मृत्युम्death

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Creator (Prajāpati/Viśvakarman-like); Odana as vehicle; Death as adversary

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

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